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Printing demands a humility of mind, for the lack of which many of the fine arts are even now floundering in self-conscious and maudlin experiments.
Beatrice Warde
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Beatrice Warde
Age: 68 †
Born: 1900
Born: September 20
Died: 1969
Died: September 16
Art Historian
Historian
Journalist
Typographer
New York City
New York
Beatrice Becker
Paul Beaujon
B. L. Warde
Beatrice Lamberton Becker
Beatrice L. Warde
Beatrice Lamberton née Becker
Beatrice Lamberton Becker Warde
Beatrice Lamberton nee Becker
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Floundering
Conscious
Typography
Design
Printing
Fine
Demands
Art
Experiments
Self
Arts
Many
Lack
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Humility
Maudlin
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